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There are three day of the year that I believe we have great cause for celebration.

1. Christmas2. Good Friday3. Resurrection Sunday

Although we do not know the exact day of the year that Jesus was born, and there is great speculation that He was likely born in either the spring or fall because of the required trip to Bethlehem, we celebrate His birth because without it, there would be no death and no resurrection.

I am tossed about which is more important for us to celebrate, Good Friday or Resurrection Sunday.

Good Friday is a celebration of the one day throughout all of history that changed the course of history for all mankind for it is upon the death of Christ that our sins are forgiven. It is by His blood that those who would accept Jesus as Lord and Savior are justified before God.

However, it is upon Resurrection Sunday that the realization of eternal life is made manifest in our Risen Lord. It is upon this day that we KNOW we have the promise of life everlasting in the presence of our Lord and our God.

Let us celebrate that our loving God has provided a Way out of the darkness and into His Holy light.

I listened to Christmas carols this morning while I was getting ready for church. All three days are vitally-important to our salvation. Without the Incarnation (Christmas), the crucifixion would not have been possible, and without the crucifixion, there would have been no need for our Lord to rise again.

I am naked and unashamed in Christ!!

Steve

1) In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 14) And the Word became flesh and dwelt among us, and we beheld His glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father, full of grace and truth. John 1:1, 1:14